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Cities Climate Action Summit 2024: going green in the built environment

The SmartCitiesWorld Summit, which takes place 26-27 June, will act as a call to action for cities to make the transformation of the built environment a central part of their climate action strategies.

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SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Shenzhen

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In 2020, the City of Sydney released a Smart City Strategic Framework to harness the opportunities brought about by digital disruption, to plan for uncertainty and to sustain a global reputation as a leading place to live, work, learn and visit.

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Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 32 – Flood and energy resilience in Quezon City

Tune in for the latest Urban Exchange where we get a first-hand account of city resilience measures from Quezon City following unexpected extreme rainfall.

Podcast: Building resilient cities: trustworthy AI, digital twins, and urban innovation at YII 2025Sponsored by Bentley Systems

SmartCitiesWorld speaks with Bentley Systems leaders about unleashing AI and digital twins to drive innovation, resilience, and people-first progress in the world’s cities.

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Building smarter cities: scaling sustainability and efficiency with smart city platformsSponsored by ST Engineering

ST Engineering’s Richard Ng explains how integrated smart city platforms can support cities in becoming more sustainable and efficient at the scale that is right for them.

Lessons from Italy: Why smart city projects can bridge the urban development gap

Digital Leaders CEO Giuliano Liguori highlights Italy as an example and warning that pushing ahead with smart city plans should ensure access for the worst off, on an individual and municipal level, as top priority.

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Cities Thriving on Lighting, Episode 2 – Simplicity by design in smart lighting

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Companies partner to create connected neighbourhoods in Abu Dhabi

Companies partner to create connected neighbourhoods in Abu Dhabi

Planning and redevelopment04 Sep 2025

TAQA Distribution and Aldar have signed a strategic agreement to enhance utility delivery and digital innovation across new communities.

Aurigo unveils AI planning solution for infrastructure owners

Aurigo unveils AI planning solution for infrastructure owners

AI and Machine Learning16 Jul 2025

Capital planning solution aimed at data centre development is purpose-built to support high-impact, upstream decision-making that drives long-term investment.

Jacobs appointed partner for Indian industrial smart cities

Jacobs appointed partner for Indian industrial smart cities

Greenfield sites03 Jul 2025

Cities will feature pre-built base infrastructure to accelerate development and support walk-to-work concepts, promoting sustainable industrial operations.

Report: circular cities key to Europe's economy, environment

Report: circular cities key to Europe's economy, environment

Planning and redevelopment17 Jul 2024

A new report, titled ’Building Prosperity’, recommends six strategies to bolster circular principles in building and developing towns and cities across Europe.

Built environment must collaborate on climate action

Built environment must collaborate on climate action

Climate action11 Jul 2023

IStructE urges architects, engineers and designers to create the built environment in a different way and use new material more sparingly and prioritise reuse.

Neom partners with Atkins to realise The Line smart city

Neom partners with Atkins to realise The Line smart city

Greenfield sites23 Feb 2023

The global engineering, planning, design and architectural company has been awarded a five-year contract to help create the car-free, linear city in Saudi Arabia.

Neom releases first video of its construction

Neom releases first video of its construction

Greenfield sites17 Jan 2023

The development in Saudi Arabia, which includes The Line smart city, has moved to the building phase with the first destination due to open its doors in 2024.

Neom reveals designs for The Line smart city

Neom reveals designs for The Line smart city

Greenfield sites27 Jul 2022

The Line aims to redefine the concept of urban development with public parks and pedestrian areas, schools, homes and places for work vertically layered and all daily needs reachable in five minutes.

Neom awards tunnelling contracts for region's infrastructure

Neom awards tunnelling contracts for region's infrastructure

Greenfield sites15 Jun 2022

The tunnels work will provide over 28km in length and provide separate tunnels for high-speed and freight rail services – making the movement of people and goods faster, safer, and easier.

Adelaide announces first 10-year masterplan in 30 years

Adelaide announces first 10-year masterplan in 30 years

Planning and redevelopment19 Apr 2022

The City Plan will guide the council’s current and future plans including a focus on climate action, greening of streets, its parklands management strategy, infrastructure and asset maintenance plans.

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ST Engineering to provide smart city platform for Lusail City

The company will build and operate a smart city platform with citywide network connectivity for the Qatar city using advanced AI and data-driven technologies.

Huawei seals smart city deal with Barcelona

They will collaborate on projects relating to 5G, smart city applications and digital transformation.

Solar city goes live

Trina Solar’s PV modules have begun operations in the 10MW Sustainable City in Dubai, which aims to use only clean energy sources

Public technology Portal sculpture unites Dublin and New York

Each sculpture features a 24/7 visual livestream from a Portal in the other city, allowing real-time interaction between Dubliners and New Yorkers and visitors.

What is ‘Smart City’ and why do we need them?

Smart city is the framework based on Information and Communication technologies that enable the development of sustainable practices to address the urbanisation challenges. Leveraging the technology is one of the foremost pillars of ‘smart cities’ in order to increase efficiencies and improve the quality of resident’s life and the city’s services.

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We round up our main takeaways from smart city developments in 2019. We’d love to hear yours.

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Discover how AI-powered digital twins are transforming urban infrastructure and how these innovations can improve efficiency, resilience, and sustainability.

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Cities Thriving on Lighting, Episode 2 – Simplicity by design in smart lighting

Podcasts

Discover the technology and considerations behind how cities can turn existing streetlight networks into secure, interoperable, and future‑proof infrastructure in the second episode of Cities Thriving on Lighting.

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Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 32 – Flood and energy resilience in Quezon City

Urban Exchange Podcast

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SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Shenzhen

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SmartCitiesWorld City Profiles explore the city of Las Vegas with its unprecedented growth, urban development, and leaps of imagination.

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SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Seattle

We explore Seattle’s journey to becoming a data-driven city and how it plans to continue to develop its smart city strengths

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